The Opelousas courier., 1887-03-19
Items of Interest.

Fay Templeton, the sotbrette, has been ex- .
pelled by the proprietor OF the Gaiety Ihea-
tire, in London, for alleged improperly In
dress.
N. o. Chronicle The New England fisher
men are holding mass meetings and clamor-
ing for the President to at once enforce retai-
iatory measures against Canada, especially by
seizing all Canadian vessels engaged IN hsh-
ing within American waters. +
Times Democrat Another town in LOUISE |
ana, Jeanerette, has voted hve-mlli tax TO- t
ward the construction of new railroad, the
Abbevile, Jeanerette and Western Railroad,
to run from Jeanerette, on the Southern |
Pacific to Abbcville, in Vermillion parish |
NO. City Item Sensible people are begin
ming to ask themselves why should we longer |
hold, as an investment, U. S. 4per cent bonds
worth 1913, when we can purchase, under ~,
the well secured bonds of Louisiana, State
of steadily growing prosperity, bearing 'he
same rate of interest! !
Private advces from Hawaii state that lep-
rosy is greatly on the decline. There are now
800 less cases in the hospitals than there were
four years ago. The government mas maae
an appropriation of $120,000 per annum 1or
the maintenance of the 600 patients still re-
naming in the hospitals.
Ouachita Telegraph: The solid South
should 90 slow in assisting to nominate the
next Democratic candidate for President
The candidate should have National repnta-
tion and his position on questions OF vital III
terest to the South should be clearly dehheu.
We don't want any more Northern Democraee
of the Cleveland stripe.
Howlng" schools common IN the
mountainous regions of Kentucky. Inc name
is appropriate, as it is the custom for the
pupils to study their lessons aloud. The idea
prevails that children can only study aloud.
The same custom prevails in China. There,
whenever a pupil stops " howling," his teach
er tiogs him because he has ceased TO study.
Alexandria Democrat: The government
flredge boat. o. G. Wagner, with Capt. f. T.
White in command, passed up by here on Sat
urday. She was on her way to Shreveport,
to be laid up. She has recently been repaired
at St. Louis. Work in her line has been sus
pended for the reason that President Cieve-
land failed to sign the river and harbor bill.
New York Herald: Foreigners own about
%. 900 900 acres of land in different parts OF
the United States-that is, an area very near
iv equal to that Of Ireland Mr.. Cleveland
has signed bill which prohibits any further
purchase by aliens. We have no more land
than we need for ourselves, and alien owner
shin is an unmitigated evil. Another rotten
limb sawed Oft,
st. Louis Republican: The interstate COM
mefCe Dill applieb phl9 ~
the States and forced not to discriminate
where they are subject to national jurisdic-
tion the railroads will attempt greater DIS
examinations and extortions where the inter-
state law does OF govern them, unless they
are nroperly regulated by the States. The
passage of the interstate law makes the need
of State regulation more urgent thalsever.
NO. Chronicle: Archbishop Leray of this
| diocese has issued circular appeal to the
members of his church, asking for immediate
| assistance to enable him to meet pressing
| debt of $4,000 which is now nearly due. Id
| connection with this appeal, 1t can be stated
| that since 1879, when the Archbishop nrst
took charge of the Diocese OF New orleans,
| it's debt has been reduced oyer Two hun0rea
! and sixty thousand dollars, but notwlthstand
| ing this excellent showing there stlii exists
debt of about $32l 900.
Pointe Coupee Banner: Cleveland has Kill
| ed the River and Harbor bill by a pocket veto
| As an enemy of the South and West Grover
| Cleveland is preemlnent success. his actioi
| in reference to the River and Harbor Dill
| which was of such vast interest to ooth the
| West and the South, is no surprise TO us, "a az
| we long since came to the conclusion tnat ut
| was of too narrow minded a constitution &c
| hermit him to entertain broad and natlona
| views upon any subject which met with tint
opposition of New York influence.
Natcbitoches Review As soon as it wa
known that company had been organized u
build our tap road, project was started =
organize here stock company 20 constluc I
aud operate creamery. lt was es6lmaGeu u.
those who were posted i'll the matter tha6
capital of 1880 was all that was required,
and the stock was fixed at that amount. al
| of the stock was subscribed at once Dy r.
sponsible persons, and workmen, skliieo i
| that line, have been written Tor, anu Sh
work on the building will commence 'mme
diately on their arrival.
Canitolian-Advocate A dispatch from Mas
| sau. N. p. dated on the Sth inst, states ina
Capt. J. B. Eads died there OF pneumonia
that dav. Capt. Eads had won much lame a
the builder of the famous st. Louis bridge
the ietties at the mouth of the MISSISSIPPI
river and other works requiring great engli
eering skill, including his projected plan ,L 1e
building the Tehuantepec ship railway: hI
, death was quite unexpected and VIII hael
retard somewhat the project last named, Whic
no doubt he would have successfully compie
ed had he lived.
Captolian- Advocate If our clever conten
noraries. known throughout the State by I'll
sobriouet of !. Reform Press" would ste
! their chatter about the ring long enOue
! to listen to few good things said suggestiI
S a long pull, a strong pull and pull aitogeth'
A | in behalf of the progressive bonn now aoo'
To henome a real and tangible fact in our
, loved State, they would render the State mo-
rood in one months time than in a hundrt
: Years by their present course. Help the rim
o booYn the State, gentlemen, If you would {
n the people good service.
: When all the angry feelings reused by Il
secession are buried with those which exis
cd when the Declaration of independence WI
written; when Americans can review the hl
tory of their last great rebellion with cal
d imDartiality, | believe all will admit that &c
n Lee lowered far above all men on either slt
: in tItat struggle believe he will be regar
U cd NOT only as the most prominent figure
a the Confederacy, but rs the great Amerlc'
"a of the nineteenth century, whose statue
! we'll worthy to stand on an equal pedest
wifi that OF Washington. and whose memo
- ;s eonalIy worthy to be enshrined in t
j. hearts of all his conntrymen.-Lef Woisel
ut nonaldsonville Chief: The opponents
the Sunday law in New Orleans talk OF c
;eining the street cars, electric light and
- companies, ice factories, etc, from dong bu
- =, ness or running thelr machinery Oh ounus
" thinking by this means to render the staGt
is a1ions and unpopular They also propose
H. hold q big mass meeting for the purpose
q nrofesting against the law and petitloning I
ho Eoyernor to convene the General Assent
+ n axtra session to consider the question OF
or raneaI. Meanwhile, the grand jury shon
n ted 4 report in section OF the Crlminal 1
! triet Court ON Thursday praislng tne s,a Suhu
- law ii high terms and commencing the
taar;ties for IFS Jealous enforcement.
r,ha nlan for universal commercial
10, ,,aao oriainated about five years ago
-er IT,. Schleyer. of Switzerland, seems to
aL ,neeting with greater favor than has been
esA Corded other projects Of the kind. l6 Is
lg, norted that Volapuk Is already spoken "
ttsa;,;sv ~ thousands of Europeans; kno
al 81 of It is being disseminated ny more :, 3